Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party), on Tuesday, 18 April 2017, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 25 members in total.

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SAVING THE RED SQUIRREL

That this House notes the ongoing efforts of The Wildlife Trusts, other charities and volunteers to recruit up to 5,000 volunteers across the UK to help preserve and assist in the survival of the native red squirrel population, which has considerably reduced in number in recent years; congratulates all those involved; and wishes them every success in their endeavours to prevent the eradication of the red squirrel population, that is estimated to be around 140,000, which is outnumbered by the invasive species of grey squirrel population that is estimated to be around 2.5 million.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1146 

Session

2016-17

Other sponsors

Lord Dodds of Duncairn

Jeffrey M Donaldson

Jim Shannon

David Simpson

Gavin Robinson

Subjects

Animal welfare

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk